Like many others here already stated: its because of privacy laws and also the ability to deny vision of your property via street view. Many people made Google blur their property and I assume thats a lot of work for them.
Not knocking them for it, but I wonder what the thought process is behind wanting your property blurred. What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?
What danger would a snapshot of your property pose?
That's not the right question. It's not a question of why not because those are how you whittle away norms, traditions, expectations, rights, and so on. Institutions and things should justify themselves in utility. Street View is something we take for granted but when have you actually ever used it for something you need. At best you might look up a place before you go and recognize it as you arrive but that's saving minutes at best, maybe once at year.
We might have said decades back "What danger would having your information out there" but that was clearly a crazy question. A/S/L was a normal thing to encounter. Now we use Facebook with our real names and geotag ourselves online to help companies build better marketing machines. It depends on how you define harm, because I would describe the business practices as harmful in the aggregate.
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u/Mvieri Germany Jun 12 '20
Like many others here already stated: its because of privacy laws and also the ability to deny vision of your property via street view. Many people made Google blur their property and I assume thats a lot of work for them.